A large field of thirteen older mares will run in the first of two stakes on the card this week in 1- GHOSTLY BREEZE(KY) 17-8-1-2 R Pollard 11\/1<\/P> Stable lenny2<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> GHOSTZAPPER x PINE BLUFF x MEADOWLAKE<\/P> 4 Year Old Homebred Chestnut Mare<\/P> Ghostly Breeze(KY) comes into Saturday\u2019s race off of a career high 107 SP in her first race as a four year old. That came in an A-26000NW2S race, where she also went a mile on the dirt. In fact she is an impressive 9-5-0-1 at this distance and three of those wins came in stakes (including a grade 1 and grade 2). She is out of the grade \u201cC\u201d mare, Meadow Breeze, who has had three winners and two graded stakes winners from three foals. The majority of Meadow Breeze\u2019s success came in dirt routes and we already know Ghostly Breeze(KY) loves this distance. Ghostly Breeze(KY) will try to close on the field and will be an excellent value (11\/1) to steal this one with 2- CONCENTRATED(KY) 16-5-5-3 M Cisco 9\/1 Stable acote7<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN>PULPIT x POINT GIVEN x 4 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P> Concentrated(KY) is out of the grade \u201cG\u201d mare Spread Connection, who did the minimal damage that she did in dirt routes. Expect Concentrated(KY) to be another one rolling from the back of the pack, which could be to her advantage. She is an impressive 7-4-3-0 at 8F on the dirt and has posted her two best career SPs (104, 107) in her last two races, which were both at a mile on the dirt. She also beat #13 Zarallana head-to-head earlier this month in an allowance race. Her odds provide great value and I think she will round out the exotics nicely and possibly roll from the back with Oh So Awesome to a 1-2 finish in either order.<\/P> 3- TEFERI\u2019S REALM(KY) 18-6-4-1 A Lee 12\/1<\/P> Stable mav1762<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>WAR CHANT x BLUSHING GROOM(FR) x SADLER’S WELLS<\/P> 4 Year Old Homebred Chestnut Mare<\/P> Teferi\u2019s Realm(KY) has become accustomed to running at a mile on the dirt. Her last six trips have all been at 8F dirt and she has run her three highest career SPs (105,105,102) within those six races. She 9-5-1-0 lifetime at this distance on the dirt, but only one of those wins came in a stakes race. I am not certain that she is fully suited for this class because she ran well last time in almost the same race (ungraded stakes, for 4yo+ mares, mile on the dirt, $50,000 purse), but she still finished fourth against a smaller field that day. I would not expect her to finish better than 4th<\/SUP> on Saturday.<\/P> 4- TACTICAL RAT(KY) 24-6-4-3 S Mills 19\/1<\/P> Stable edenridge<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>TACTICAL CAT x RED RANSOM x MILL REEF<\/P> 4 Year Old Homebred Chestnut Mare<\/P> Tactical Rat(KY) has already had a seasoned career considering she is just a four year old. She is out of a grade \u201cC\u201d mare, Rubbing From Rat who did all of her damage on the dirt as a two year old. She has had six foals, four of them have raced, three have won, and Tactical Rat(KY) is her only graded stakes winner. Tactical Rat(KY) is 2-0-0-0 at 8F, so the distance will not suit her unless she gets extremely loose on the lead. She is a 19\/1 for good reason, so I would steer clear of her at the windows. <\/P> 5- OH SO AWESOME 20-9-7-1 M Turk 4\/1<\/P> Stable chilichili<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN>AWESOME AGAIN x STORM CAT x ALYDAR<\/P> 5 Year Old Homebred Chestnut Mare<\/P> Oh So Awesome comes in to this race as the worthy co-favorite after she dropped an Oh So Awesome SP of 114 in her last race in 6- PORTELLO (IRE) 17-4-2-3 A Timpson 24\/1<\/P> Stable deyoto3<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN>HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) x COZZENE x WOODMAN<\/P> 4 Year Old Homebred Light Grey Mare<\/P> Other than the fact that Portello(IRE) posted her career high SP (104) at this distance, she is a true long shot in this field. Even a repeat performance of that race will not be enough for her to win on Saturday as she does jump to an ungraded stakes for the first time in her career. <\/P> 7- AZ A COMMANDER(IRE) 13-2-3-2 B Barger 19\/1<\/P> Stable nickesyd<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN>AZAMOUR (IRE) x TOM ROLFE x NEARCTIC<\/P> 4 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P> Az A Commander(IRE) might close on a few horses late in the race on Saturday, but I would not expect her to contend. She has never tried a mile on the dirt and her connections have gotten a little too ambitious by entering her in a third consecutive stakes after she won an A-NW1X race. She has the ability to clean up in an A-NW3L or A-NW2x, but she is a long shot to finish better than fifth here on Saturday.<\/P> 8- ALSO SWEET 31-10-7-6 M Ross 6\/1<\/P> Stable pick6king<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>POINT GIVEN x TREMPOLINO x SWORD DANCE(IRE)<\/P> 6 Year Old Homebred Chestnut Mare<\/P> Also Sweet has collected eight of her ten wins at a mile on the dirt and she has always been a factor at this distance (17-8-3-2). In the fall of her four year old campaign, she was practically unbeatable at the distance (even in graded stakes races). However, her last win came on February 10th<\/SUP>\u2026\u20262007. She still consistently posts triple digit SPs and contends in stakes, but I think her connections should find or bid an A-NW1Y allowance to get her back into the winner\u2019s circle. <\/P> 9- ARAWAZA 22-7-4-6 E Sharp 4\/1<\/P> Stable lopickles<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>A.P. INDY x DEPUTY MINISTER x MR. PROSPECTOR<\/P> 5 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P> Arawaza comes in as the fifth ranked horse in the division, but she has now been out of the winner\u2019s circle for over six months. In her defense, since she won the grade 1 JUJITSU attack last August, she has only raced four times and three of those races were grade 1s. She is good for an SP of between 100-110, which may be good enough to win if it is towards the high end and if Oh So Awesome bounces a little off of her amazing last race. Finally, Arawaza is out of the grade \u201cF\u201d mare Kamikaze, who did all of her damage in dirt routes.<\/P> 10- Stable peeps3<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>BEAT HOLLOW (GB) x RAHY x GREEN DESERT<\/P> 4 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P> 11- SJ\u2019s THEATRICS(KY) 13-4-1-0 Stable sjmeola6<\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN> \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/SPAN>SILVER GHOST x THEATRICAL(IRE) x TURN-TO<\/P> 4 Year Old Homebred Light Grey Mare<\/P> SJ\u2019s Theatrics(KY) does come in with two straight wins at a mile on dirt to run her career record to 4-3-0-0 at that distance\/surface combination. The bad news is that one of those wins was in the slop, one came in a CPU restricted allowance and the third win came in a (T) allowance. Her career high 100 SP would need to be improved upon for her to compete Saturday, so I would not bet on her to win, place, or show. <\/P> 12- DESERT CONNECTION(ITY) 24-4-4-3 G Blinn 14\/1